"Whaling Fiction." . . "Ballenas Novela juvenil." . . . "Moby-Dick is one of the great epics in all of literature. Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael's meditations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indifference of nature, and on the grimy physical details of the extraction of oil provide a reflective counterpoint to the headlong idolatrous quest. Sometimes read as a terrifying study of monomania or as a critical inquiry into the effects of reducing life to symbols, Moby-Dick also offers colorful and often comic glimpses of life aboard a whaling ship. For the first time, the authoritative editions of works by American novelists, poets, scholars, and essayists collected in the hardcover volumes of The Library of America are being published singly in a series of handsome paperback books. A distinguished writer has contributed an introduction for each volume, which also includes a chronology of the author's life an essay on the text, and notes. From the Trade Paperback edition." . . . "Moby-Dick"@en . "Moby-Dick" . . . . "Juvenile works" . . . . "Adventure fiction" . . . . . . . "A tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale. A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture." . "Moby Dick"@it . "Moby Dick"@es . "Moby Dick" . "Moby Dick"@en . . . "Fiction"@es . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . "A simple retelling of the story of Ismael, a young seaman who joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick." . . . "Sea stories, American" . "Adventure stories, American" . . . "Adaptations"@en . . "Moby Dick, or The whale" . . . . . . "Mompi-Ntik, ē, Hē phalaina" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Paekkyŏng" . . . "Moby Dick, or the white whale"@it . "Moby Dick : (beyaz balina)" . . . . "Moby Dick, or, The whale"@it . . . "Psychological fiction" . . . . . . . . "Moby-Dick : or the white whale" . . . . . . "Moby Dick or the whale" . . . . . . . "Jugendbuch" . . . . . "Graphic novels" . . . "Moby Dick : or, The white whale"@en . . . . . . . . "Sea stories" . . . "Moby-Dick, or, The whale" . . "Moby Dick" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Comic books, strips, etc" . . . . "Moby Dick or The white whale" . . . "Moby-Dick : Roman" . . . . . . "Mobi-D̲ik, hē, hē phalaina" . . . "A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick."@en . "A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick." . . . "Moby-Dick / Herman Melville; With an introduction by Larzer Ziff" . . . . . . . . . . . "Or, The white whale"@en . . . . "Moby-Dick, or, The white whale"@en . . "Moby-Dick, or, The white whale" . . . . "Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) Fiction." . . "Schiff." . . "Cuentos de mar Novela juvenil." . . "Natur." . . "Verletzung." . . "Sea stories, American Specimens." . . "Ship captains Fiction." . . "Wale." . . "Mensch." . . "Whales Fiction." . . "Whaling ships Fiction." . . "Ajab, Capitán (Personaje ficticio) Novela juvenil." . . . . "Jagd." . . "Rache." . . "Walfang." . . "Whales in literature Specimens." . . "Literatură americană." . . "American fiction 19th century Specimens." . . "Roman." . . "Readers for new literates." . . "Ballenas Pesca Novela juvenil." . . "Mondadori," . . "Kapitän." . . "Mentally ill Fiction." . .